yeltenmek
Pronunciation: /jel.tenˈmec/
“yeltenmek” is a Turkish word. Its meaning in English:
verb
- to unreasonably attempt or want to do (something one cannot)
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish يلتنمك (“to run after anything unreasonably, to be excited by love or passion”). By surface analysis, yel- (“to run, to rush”) + -tir (causative suffix) + -n (passive suffix).
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